Huhana Penne
President of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and advocate for the counselling workforce, who led discussion on a NZAC survey about counsellor workforce capacity and funding pressures.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 10min
One in five counsellors eye exit or scale-back
Huhana Penne, president of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and workforce advocate, discusses a survey showing many counsellors plan to retire or scale back. She outlines causes like burnout, rising case complexity and funding strains. Conversation covers pay disparities, costly self-regulation, and pushes for sustainable NGO funding to keep community counselling accessible.
